Senior Application Programmer – Remote

Senior Application Programmer – Remote About us Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) is an esteemed IT enterprise renowned for its exceptional customer service and innovation. We serve both government and commercial sectors, offering a range of solutions such as Healthcare IT, Human Services, Identity Credentialing, Cloud Computing, and Big Data Analytics. With clients in the US and abroad, we hold key contract vehicles including GSA IT Schedule 70, NIH CIO-SP3, GSA Alliant, and DHS-Eagle II. Join us in driving growth and seizing new business opportunities. Role and Responsibilities The scope of the proposed services will include the following: Development, administration & configuration of a custom-built .NET development project Provide technical knowledge transfer, training, documentation, mentorship, and guidance to State personnel for all requested work Provide oversight and guidance of the customer-agency’s replacement software and make performance improvements Perform code reviews and testing on new code Participates in all necessary team meetings and design sessions in accordance with Scrum ceremonies Cooperation with the State’s Technical Architect to ensure compliance with OTS standards of State applications Mandatory Qualification Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory: Five (5) plus years of expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas: ○ C# ○ ASP.NET Core (version 6.0 or later) ○ MSSQL Two (2) plus years enterprise-level software development Two (2) plus years of experience working in an Agile / Scrum environment Preferred Qualification Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory: Has led a team of application programmers under Microsoft development stack. Experience designing and developing distributed systems (Microservices/SOA) Experience developing reports with SSRS, Power BI, Tableau, or other reporting tools 10 Experience setting up, maintaining, and using DevOps pipelines, including CI/CD, such as GitHub Actions and Octopus Deploy, and automating tasks Experience with the Git Version Control System, including branching strategies for complex systems Proficiency in front-end development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Hands-on experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as Vue.js, React, NodeJS, Angular, TypeScript, etc. Strong understanding of RESTful API design and integration. Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, or cloud-native managed container orchestrators). Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code practices using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Biceps, etc. Solid understanding of security best practices for modern web applications. Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities. Strong communication and teamwork skills. Experience working in Agile environments with iterative development practices. Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS. Familiarity with API integrations for external data sources. Exposure to modular or microservices architectures. Knowledge of message-based systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Service Bus) and asynchronous programming models.